Register for the Advancing Inclusive Mentoring Program

Registration is now open for the Fall 2026 Advancing Inclusive Mentoring (AIM) workshops/modules! 

Sign up here.

In partnership with the Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology, the Cal Poly Office of Student Research is offering the Advancing Inclusive Mentoring (AIM) Program training in fall 2026. There is no cost to participate. This training is open to all faculty, staff, post-docs and graduate students who mentor students participating in research, scholarly and creative activities. This will take place via Zoom except for the 13th & 14th AIM cohorts, which will take place at Cal Poly.

Track 1, Wednesdays from 2 to 2:50 p.m.
W 10/28 - Module 1: Communicating with your Mentees
W 11/4 - Module 2: Inclusive Mentoring
W 11/11 - no meeting; Cal Poly is closed
F 11/13, 1-1:50pm - Module 3: Cultivating Mentee Growth & Development
(rescheduled from Wed 11/11)
W 11/18 - Module 4: Facilitating Mentee Health & Wellbeing
W 12/2 - Module 5: Mentee-Centered Mentoring
W 12/9 - Module 6: Mentoring Toolbox

Track 2, Thursdays, 2-2:50 p.m.
Th 10/29 - Module 1: Communicating with your Mentees
Th 11/5 - Module 2: Inclusive Mentoring
Th 11/12 - Module 3: Cultivating Mentee Growth & Development
Th 11/19 - Module 4: Facilitating Mentee Health & Wellbeing
Th 12/3 - Module 5: Mentee-Centered Mentoring
Th 12/10 - Module 6: Mentoring Toolbox

By signing up, you are committing to participate in at least 5 of 6 Zoom Module discussions listed above and completing all asynchronous Modules. (There are also "make-up" days, which can count towards your 5 out of 6!)

Tentative Make-up Days (will be confirmed)
Th 12/17, 2-2:50 p.m.
Th 12/18, 3-3:50 p.m.

Tentative End of Term AIM Alum Lunch (will be confirmed)
Th 12/17, 12-1:30 p.m.

Limited spaces are available. Please sign up as soon as possible and no later than EOD Monday 10/26/26. The first 10-12 people to sign-up for each fall 2026 option will be asked to confirm their participation; additional folks who sign up will be added to the waitlist in order of sign-up.

Faculty who meet the requirements as listed in the Stipend Eligibility Policies are eligible for a $150 stipend to recognize their commitment to professional development.

For individuals ineligible for the stipend, the $150 can be used for travel/virtual conference participation to occur before 4/15/27, with expense reports submitted no later than 5/1/27. All travel must be processed via Concur (unless you are not Concur-eligible). The Office of Student Research will provide a chart field and travel should be processed in your department/unit. Travel costs must post during the current fiscal year.

Finally, if these times and dates do not work for you, stay tuned for more info on upcoming trainings after this term.

More About the Advancing Inclusive Mentoring (AIM) Program
The Advancing Inclusive Mentoring (AIM) program is a mentor training program developed at California State University Long Beach (CSULB) as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative. The overarching goals of AIM are to provide a variety of engaging training resources to promote student success through positive and inclusive mentoring. Because student involvement in high impact practices such as research, scholarly, and creative activities can boost student success – particularly when associated with strong mentorship – learning the best practices for mentoring is a critical component of facilitating student success.

The AIM program is a hybrid program: 35 short videos across six learning modules are accompanied by six synchronous Zoom-based discussions as part of building/strengthening a community of practice around mentoring at Cal Poly. The AIM program is set up to run much like a book club where participants engage with the online materials on their own time for asynchronous learning and then come together for 50-minute Zoom-based discussion of each module. We estimate that completing the 6 modules and participating in the Zoom discussions will take a total of 12 hours.